Letters

To the [Readers Hotline caller] wanting to read letters to Santa, he or she might consider volunteering as Santa’s helper as a letter reader and filling wish list requests for Christmas presents.
Santa might send one of his elves and Rudolph to provide transportation for him or her in his sleigh.Raymond Worrell
Ennice, N.C.

In this season of Thanksgiving, I express my sincerest gratitude to all those who helped to ensure that my senior project was a success.
The Galax High School administration allowed me the use of the auditorium, the best venue in town.
My teachers helped me through every step of the process, and the janitorial staff had everything prepared and even pitched in to help set up.
The Gazette ran a very nice piece to help promote the concert.
My home church, Baywood Wesleyan, helped staff the event and advertise as well.

The kindergarten students of Oakland Elementary School express heartfelt appreciation and thanks to all the individuals, students, churches and businesses that helped our endeavor of Operation Santa Soldier Stockings become an amazing reality.
This project is for the Army unit in North Carolina of which Sgt. Andrew Gobble is a member.
Our students along with your overwhelming support and generosity were able to surpass their goal of 75 stockings, and packed 80 Christmas stockings.

It is apparent that the diseases “do nothing” and “pass the buck” affecting Washington, D.C., have stricken Grayson County government.
This past week I spent two days being shuffled between county and lawyer offices in an attempt to resolve a problem.
I stated I wanted transfers done that day on two deeds which were recorded three and six months prior. I was told emphatically, “well, you WILL NOT get them done today.”

Next year, every locality in the state of Virginia will adopt a new mandatory stormwater program as required by the Commonwealth, and after a difficult year dealing with floods and rivers of water running down the city streets, it couldn’t have come at a better time for Galax.

My name is Travis Jones. I am a native of Galax. I have had many troubles, none I am proud of.
Drug abuse and addiction has led me to thinking that drugs can erase the pain and the past, but in living a life of crime and ignorance, I have learned otherwise.
I am serving a 20-year prison sentence for selling methamphetamine in your town, my hometown.
I was living on Oldtown Street, had a good job, was doing well.

Oct. 16 was National Feral Cat Day — a day to think about the outdoor cats in our neighborhoods. Strays are cats that have been lost or abandoned by their owners and are friendly with people, making them adoptable. Feral cats are not adoptable because they are not accustomed to being around people.

I am pastor of the Independence Church of God of Prophecy. Recently a miracle happened at our church and I have felt the need to testify to it.
It happened during a Wednesday night service with 13 people in attendance. Service began, and as usual the spirit of the Lord was present.
After opening with prayer, I asked if anyone would like to be anointed and prayed for. Several came forward.
I picked up the bottle of anointing oil to find it was empty. I shook it and turned it upside down trying to get a drop of oil to anoint.

I am writing concerning my great-nephew Dylan Bedwell, who is 9 years old.
Dylan has always been a loving and giving child. Ever since he was one year old his parents started letting him pick an angel off the angel tree at Christmas to purchase a gift for a needy child. Any time they have a food drive at his school, Baywood Elementary, he is cleaning out the cabinets or asking to go to the store to buy items for the food drive.
For the Community Christmas Chest for needy families, Dylan helps to pack the food boxes for this event.

The owners of Agape Motorcoach Retreat LLC want to publicly thank many who have supported us with their kind comments and prayers, specifically with regards to the erroneous claims that have come from the county without any evidence.
We are honored by three board members that had integrity and intestinal fortitude to stand up and undo a wrong. These three supervisors — Bob Martin, Josh Hendrick and Phil McCraw — need to be commended for their efforts. This valiant act did not go unnoticed and we are humbled by it.